e volker rural career clusters kansas a c t e conference 2009

Preparing students for college and career

It’s Career EducationIt’s Career Education

Remember this?Remember this?

What’s the difference?What’s the difference?Vocational EducationVocational Education Career EducationCareer Education

Job specific training

Six Disciplines

High School Focused

In Lieu of Academics

Only for Some Students

Career Preparation

Six Fields/Sixteen

Clusters

K-12 and PostsecondaryAlign with and Support

Academics

For All Students

Kansas Career Kansas Career EducationEducation

Kansas Career Cluster Model

Create New Partnerships

Aspects of Career Education:Aspects of Career Education: Career and Technical Career and Technical EducationEducation

– knowledge and skill development in career areas

Career Guidance and Career Guidance and Counseling Counseling

– focused on career awareness, exploration and preparation

Career Awareness Career Awareness IntegrationIntegration

– infusing career application into all education

New ModelNew Model• RelevantRelevant to current workplace

• AlignedAligned with postsecondary

• FlexibleFlexible responsive to change

Current InitiativesCurrent Initiatives

Programs of StudyPrograms of Study

Sequencing of CTE Courses

Alignment with Academic Coursework

Transition to Postsecondary

Provide for Articulation/Dual Credit

Tool for Student Personal Learning Plan

Lead to a degree or credentialCertificate at postsecondary levelAssociate or baccalaureate degree

Industry-recognized credential

Sequence of a minimum of 3 semester courses that lead to a specific career cluster and/or pathway

Programs of StudyPrograms of Study

Student Interest Data

Labor Market Data

Office of Rural Opportunity Office of Rural Opportunity

Course vs. Program

Inventory

Restructure

Larger Learning Communities Larger Learning Communities Specialization

Multiple Pathways Model Multiple Pathways Model Preparing students for postsecondary education and career

Connecting academics to real–world applications

Leading students to the full range of postsecondary opportunities

Improving student achievement

Larger Learning Communities Larger Learning Communities Online Learning

Today’s Class

Distance Learning

Virtual Job Shadows/Mentoring www.Icouldbe.org www.Skype.com or www.Oovoo.com

• Kansas Career Cluster Model

•Career Awareness, Exploration, and Preparation

• Aligned Curriculum

• Secondary/Postsecondary Transitions

• Focus on 21st Century Teaching, Learning and Skills

Goal:Goal:

A Career Education A Career Education SystemSystem

Thank you!Thank you!

Erika Volker Partnerships for Innovation FutureForce Nebraska

www.futureforcenebraska.org www.futureforcenebraska.org

(402) 305-9480(402) 305-9480

erikavolker@hotmail.comerikavolker@hotmail.com

erika@futureforcenebraska.org erika@futureforcenebraska.org